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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1851
Date of death: 6 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were greatly enlarged, mottled, smooth & having their cortical part infiltrated by a light yellow deposit. Enlarged heart with ‘granulations’ on the margins of the aortic valves. One of the flaps of this valve was greatly enlarged & broader than the others. Peritonitis. Pleural effusions
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart, lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Effusion (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man gave no very distinct account of the commencement of his symptoms. He had been ailing 10 months, had felt weak, & perspired very much, and had now been obliged to keep his bed for 2 months. Had had shortness of breath but no beating of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 21 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Tubercles of lungs?
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Former soldier
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1857
Date of death: 14 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pallid & somewhat emaciated individual, who had been ill eight months with diarrhoea & had at times passed a little blood in the motions. He had formerly served in the Army, & this illness led to his discharge’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1856
Date of death: 1 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous deposit in the Brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman said that she had suffered from great pain and sensation of weight in the chest and shoulders and pain at the back of the head, which she attributed to indigestion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1859
Date of death: 25 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This boy was attacked with scarlatina, which was manifested by shivering, sore throat and redness of the skin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1851
Date of death: 4 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous alterations of the uterus. No other part being affected thereby. Disease of the kidneys which were greatly enlarged, smooth & lobulated, their cortical portions being occupied by a light yellow-coloured deposit. Recent peritonitis & dilatation of bladder & ureter
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus); Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Bladder, ureter)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This young woman, a housemaid, & having lived in a very hard place, was admitted with vaginal discharge, & pain in the region of the uterus, which had led to the suspicion of commencing cancer. She stated that the catamenia [menstruation] had first appeared when she was only 12 years of age, and had been irregular & excessive since she had reached the age of 17. For a very long period she had scarcely been free from a slightly red-coloured discharge, but she had a severe flooding at times’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1859
Date of death: 24 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This patient was a native of Foulness, a low flat island on the coast of Essex at the mouth of the Thames. Diphtheria had been extremely prevalent at this place.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1854
Date of death: 2 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses in the liver. Ulcerated colon. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Ulcer (Colon); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man stated that he had been taken ill rather suddenly on the 5th Nov with pain in the abdomen, which had gradually extended up towards the chest and was now chiefly situated about the lower end of the scrotum’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Watchmaker
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1855
Date of death: 23 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Idiopathic Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: When working he said that he often ran small pieces of glass into his fingers, but had not done so lately. On the evening of the 15th he was out very late in the rain, and the next morning he felt drowsy and noticed an aching pain in his lower jaw.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852
Date of death: 16 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs and bronchitis. Slight hypertrophy of heart and rigidity of the mitral valve flaps
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: When admitted this patient presented a very dusky complexion and she had constant cough, great oppression of breathing and some slight oedema of the ankles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1849
Date of death: 27 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii. Anasarca. Abscess of the kidney. Atrophy of the uterus
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic); Abscess (Kidneys); Atrophy (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This girl, how had a scrofulous & cachectic appearance, and was stunted in growth, stated that she had been long ailing, that since Xmas 1847 she had suffered more or less constantly form diarrhoea, and during the last 10 months, she had also become dropsical. Her face was pale & puffy, and she said was occasionally very much swelled; the legs & feet were very much swelled, and the abdomen was distended, chiefly with flatus, but giving also distinct fluctuation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1851
Date of death: 21 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by hydrocyanic acid. Great congestion of the various viscera & effusion of yellow fluid into peritoneal cavity. Also effusion into the subarachnoid tissue & congestion of the cerebral membranes. Old peritonitis & pleurisy on the right side. Enlarged tricuspid orifice at right side of the heart
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Congestion (Internal organs); Effusion (Peritoneum, brain); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital dead, reported to have committed suicide, a bottle which had contained hydrocyanic acid having been found in his room. It came out in evidence on the inquest that he had got into difficulties, and had appropriated money of his employer’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1862
Date of death: 29 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax (?) Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been getting out of health for about twelve months, and during that time he had cough with thick expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 8 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Old pleural adhesions. Peritonitis. Sinuses leading from the sub peritoneal tissues in the pelvis thought the femoral sheath into the deep crural muscles
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sinuses (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She had been confined to bed nearly four weeks with a fever, said to be rheumatic and accompanied by pains in her back and lower limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right thigh
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1861
Date of death: 25 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man who had been a cabinet maker said that he had had a cough all winter with spitting of blood, in small quantities, for a fortnight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1860
Date of death: 25 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1851
Date of death: 18 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Miliary tubercle throughout entire right lung & the upper lobe of the left lung. Vomicae in right lung. Recent pleurisy on the right side & ulceration of a vomica into pleural cavity. Old pleurisy on the left side. ‘White patches’ on the heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man, who had rather a dusky aspect with considerable difficulty of breathing, stated that he had now suffered more or less from cough during 12 months past. He had not been subject to it previously but now was attended with copious expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ironer
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1862
Date of death: 24 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman had been ill with cough and expectoration for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1857
Date of death: 10 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a weak and emaciated condition, with every symptom of tolerably advanced phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lawyer’s Clerk
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1861
Date of death: 20 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Strumous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was said to have had very good health until five days before he came in, when before getting up in the morning he was seized with a convulsive fit. The attack came without any violent cause.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 03 Mar 1847
Date of death: 18 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This girl was admitted complaining of general pains and debility of about one months duration. It appeared however when she was subjected to examination that she was in an advanced stage of Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 25 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1850
Date of death: 11 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were enlarged & occupied by considerable light yellowish substance. Peritonitis. Enlarged & congested liver. Pleurisy on left side. Left lung in state of chronic pneumonia at lower part. Both lungs congested. Slight hypertrophy of left ventricle of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A married woman whose last child was born 6 years ago, in whom the menstrual periods had been becoming irregular for more than 12 months, and had now been entirely absent for 3 months, presented herself for admission with a pale rather bloated face & puffy eyelids. She stated that her legs had been swollen now for 12 weeks, and that the abdomen had become enlarged about a month afterwards’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1848
Date of death: 5 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the brain, and arachnoid. Tubercles in lungs. Pneumonia and hepatisation
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The mother of this child reported that she had been suffering about fourteen days with pain in the head and feverish symptoms of a serious nature for which she had called in medical advice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 24 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Hepatized lung. Bronchitis. Much fluid in brain and ventricles
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Fluid (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This child had evidently been very much neglected before its admission. She had been suffering for some time from cough and there was an eruption on the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a